Carry on, Mr. Bowditch

Description

In this book, the largely unknown and frequently forgotten Nathaniel Bowditch comes to life in a brilliant portrait of his life. Readable for all ages, the book begins as the Bowditch family moves back to Salem, Massachusetts. *Carry On, Mr. Bowditch* follows Nathaniel Bowditch as he grows older and steadily more brilliant in mathematics and sciences, teaching himself by candle light and doing amazing things like learning Latin by himself. This book follows Bowditch's life through from a very young child to a fully grown and aging man. Although written like a novel and can read like fiction, the events of his life as represented in this book are accurate.

Description

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.

Subjects

Genres

• Juvenile fiction

Other Editions

• Carry on, Mr. BowditchHoughton Mifflin1983-01-01
• Carry on, Mr. BowditchHoughton Mifflin1955-01-01
• Carry on, Mr. BowditchHoughton Mifflin1955-01-01
• Carry on, Mr. BowditchHoughton Mifflin1955-01-01
• Carry On, Mr. BowditchPaperbackHMCo1983-01-01
• Carry on, Mr. BowditchHardcoverHoughton Mifflin1983-01-01